Diseases: lung disease - another death in China

2020-01-21T02:19:18.941Z

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Beijing (dpa) - In China, a new type of lung disease has cost another patient's life. According to the health authority of the central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, an 89-year-old man who was infected with the corona virus died in the hospital on Sunday. This has confirmed four deaths in China since the onset of the disease. The virus was also detected in at least 15 hospital employees in Wuhan, where the virus broke out in late December. Accordingly, there is another suspected case among the medical employees.